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The Growth of Leaves of Grass: The Organic Tradition in Whitman Studies (Studies in English and American Literature, Linguistics, and Culture)
The Growth of Leaves of Grass The Organic Tradition in Whitman Studies - Studies in English and American Literature, Linguistics, and Culture
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With the publication of Leaves of Grass in 1855, Walt Whitman became a central and controversial figure in the fast-developing field of American literature. With each of six editions, Whitman added new poems and revised oldones, creating a cultural artifact as fluent and organic as the theory and practice on which it was founded. — In T... more » Professor Killingsworth argues that the critical tradition finds itsprimary models for interpreting Whitman's poetry in the organic metaphors initiated by the poet himself, in particular the metaphor of vegetative growth. Early in the critical tradition, however, the romantic ideology of organicgrowth is challenged by a model of technical competence whose key metaphors involve images of architectonic control. The interplay of these models informs the several critical approaches that have developed over the century sinceWhitman's death.
M. JIMMIE KILLINGSWORTH is Professor of English at Texas A & M University.
Author:
With the publication of Leaves of Grass in 1855, Walt Whitman became a central and controversial figure in the fast-developing field of American literature. With each of six editions, Whitman added new poems and revised oldones, creating a cultural artifact as fluent and organic as the theory and practice on which it was founded. — In T... more » Professor Killingsworth argues that the critical tradition finds itsprimary models for interpreting Whitman's poetry in the organic metaphors initiated by the poet himself, in particular the metaphor of vegetative growth. Early in the critical tradition, however, the romantic ideology of organicgrowth is challenged by a model of technical competence whose key metaphors involve images of architectonic control. The interplay of these models informs the several critical approaches that have developed over the century sinceWhitman's death.
M. JIMMIE KILLINGSWORTH is Professor of English at Texas A & M University.
ISBN-13: 9781879751446
ISBN-10: 1879751445
Pages: 153
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ISBN-10: 1879751445
Pages: 153
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